Both being from the same area, they text about the Pittsburgh Steelers. Walsh texted Kezmarsky on his birthday and on Christmas. Kezmarsky said Walsh stays in contact with him more about life than basketball. “I haven’t met someone that doesn’t like B-Walsh,” Kezmarsky said. Didn’t really go my way at Xavier, which is fine, but it taught me a valuable lesson that you can’t coast, you can never get comfortable that you always have to work and continue to get better every day, and that’s no different in the workplace.”Īsked why coaching is important and what he wants to bring in terms of mentorship on and off the court, Walsh said “relationships are everything to me.” Christian Kezmarsky, a Pittsburgh-based basketball trainer with ties in grassroots AAU, has built a relationship with Walsh and attested to who Walsh is as a person. “And that’s something that has always stuck with me. “You get to college and you get smacked in the mouth, and you realize how hard it is, and you have to work extremely, extremely hard to play,” Walsh said. What he learned in his college days, though, has remained with him. Walsh, though, ultimately transferred from Xavier and finished his career at Akron. In his own basketball career, once a standout in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, Walsh went on to play at Xavier from 2008-10, where the Musketeers made back-to-back Sweet Sixteens. But we will work and we’re not scared of it and we don’t run from it, and we know that if you work really hard and treat people well, it’s usually going to work out for you.” “We are not the most talented guys in the world, my family is not. Walsh said he watched his father “grind for 40 years in his business and do really well.”
His brother, who played college basketball, is now in medical sales. He said he gave “immediate credit” to his father and brother for instilling his work ethic in him. In that role, Walsh wasn’t able to work with players on the court, but he helped get recruits on campus for visits and collaborated with Woodson, Rosemond and Hunter (who recruited him at Xavier), along with other members of the staff.Īt 32-years-old, Walsh has already begun to ascend up the hierarchy of college basketball, now as an assistant coach at a storied program.
Walsh said that some people “went to bat for me here at IU.” Ultimately, Walsh was kept on staff as IU’s team and recruiting coordinator. “Very uncertain time for myself and my wife at the time.” “I was kind of in limbo of what was going to happen, looking for other opportunities, trying to figure it out,” Walsh said.
That, too, meant Walsh wasn’t sure about his future. But last March, after four seasons without an NCAA tournament appearance, Miller was fired. After working with Archie Miller at Dayton, Walsh was hired on Miller’s staff at IU as the program’s director of basketball operations, where he ultimately spent four seasons in that role. “This is an absolute home run and Grand Slam for myself in my young career and I’m extremely grateful to Coach Woodson and the rest of the staff who believes in me and excited for the opportunity ahead.” “…It’s been amazing,” Walsh said on Zoom call Tuesday afternoon. The following day, along with Kenya Hunter and Yasir Rosemond becoming associate head coaches, Walsh’s new position was officially announced. Next to his wife and holding his daughter, Walsh listened to Woodson offer him an assistant coaching position. For transparency’s sake, Walsh had previously told Woodson that some other opportunities had arisen for him around college basketball. Walsh, IU’s team and recruiting coordinator, was on the phone with Woodson. A post shared by Brian Walsh March 23, Woodson announced in a release that Dane Fife - who was in his first season as an assistant coach with the Hoosiers - wouldn’t be returning to IU.
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